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June 30th, 2014[]
ISIS rebels declare 'Islamic state' in Iraq and Syria. Jihadist militant group ISIS has said it is establishing a caliphate, or Islamic state, on the territories it controls in Iraq and Syria. It also proclaimed the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as the first caliph.
September 30th, 2015[]
The Russian military intervention in this conflict began On September 30th, 2015 , after an official request by the Syrian government for military aid against rebel groups.
June 21st, 2016[]
A Map of the Middle East in the mid 2010s decade. When ISIS was at its greatest Extent.
In the United States the race to the presidency is heating up while in the middle east ISIS continues to push for more land in Syria and Iraq. Not much has been done to subdue the threat of the Islamic State since Russia withdrew forces days earlier. Destabilization continues through the region.
(Map: Those currently in conflict are colored, ISIS controlled land is gray)
July 4th, 2016[]
ISIS conducts a massive attack on San Diego California with a militia of over 500 members. The militia attacked a large Independence day festival. The attack began when members opened fire on a crowd of an estimated 5,000 people, killing hundreds, continuing the attack, several IEDs were detonated in buildings across the city, causing many to collapse and kill thousands more. The attack continued throughout the city with the members killing thousands more. The United States efficiently dealt with the terrorists and sent in the national guard and security at the Pentagon was set at Def-con 3. Seeing the attacks on San Diego many people swung to the conservative spectrum giving republican candidate Donald Trump a huge boost.